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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wù | wu4
English translation
do not
must not, do not; without, never

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

Contains the radical

bāo

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

A knife  bāo cutting fragments 丿 piě  off

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

bāo 丿丿

Explanation

Depicts a knife ( Dāo ) cutting things apart, based on the original meaning "to cut apart", now written as wěn .

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牧师 mù shī 规戒 guī jiè 人们 rén men 邪念 xié niàn .

The minister preached against evil.

zài 另行 lìng xíng 通知 tōngzhī qián qiē 出售 chū shòu .

Do not sell on any account until further advice.

qiē Chē shǐ jìn yǒu 不得 bù dé 进入 jìn rù 标示 biāo shì de 街道 jiēdào .

You mustn't drive into a street with a " No Entry'sign.

秧苗 yāng miáo .

Don't walk on the seedlings.

草地 cǎo dì .

Don't trample on the grass.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
do not
宁缺勿滥 nìng quē wù làn same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥 nìng quē wú làn [nìng​quē​wú​làn]寧缺勿濫
姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn to put something aside for the time being (idiom)姑置勿論

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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        • ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shì , , ,
    • Tāng
      • , , , ,
    • cōng
      • cōng
        • cōng
        • zǒng , zǒng , cōng , , , , , , cōng
    • yáng
      • tāng
        • dàng , tàng , , dàng , dàng ,
      • yáng
      • yáng
      • , táng , dàng , shāng , táng , , shāng , chǎng , cháng , , , , yáng , , , , chàng , shāng , , yáng , , , , , , cháng , , , , shāng , , , dàng , , , , ,
    • cháng , wěn , cháng , Yáng , chàng , yáng , yáng , , shāng , wěn , , yáng , , fēn , , , , yáng , , béng , dàng , , fiào , shāng , yáng , yáng , táng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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